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About Kainoa

Part cultural wayfinder, part storytelling sorcerer.

Kainoa Horcajo navigates the space between ancient wisdom and modern innovation — turning timeless Hawaiian knowledge into the insight today's organizations need.

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Kainoa Horcajo
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The story

Through his firm, the Moʻolelo Group, Kainoa transforms timeless Hawaiian wisdom into tomorrow's business insight — corporate strategy from a master storyteller who speaks both tradition and TikTok.

His career reads like a genre-bending blockbuster: from Hawaiian sovereignty advocacy and legislative work, to Emmy Award-winning co-creator and host of SEARCH Hawaii, to cultural advisor for global hospitality brands, to steward of his family's regenerative farm in ʻĪao Valley.

As a consultant who's earned praise from Fortune 500 CEOs and cultural elders alike, he's mastered the art of making ancestral wisdom relevant to modern challenges.

He's living proof that the path between past and future isn't a straight line — it's a journey of respect, innovation, and the occasional perfectly timed pop-culture reference.

Beyond the work

A life rooted in many places at once.

Kainoa's perspective is shaped by the range of kuleana he carries — across business, culture, conservation, and the land itself.

Principal Owner
The Moʻolelo Group
President
Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce
President
Kipuka Olowalu
Advisory Board Member
PBS Hawaiʻi
Co-Owner
Valley Isle Distilling
Co-Owner & Farmer
Mahina Farms, ʻĪao Valley
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From keynote stages to multi-day executive intensives, Kainoa helps leaders and teams build culture, alignment, and connection that lasts.

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